Vice President Biden shows up for Return Day ceremony

Election tradition continues in Georgetown

4:27 AM,
Nov. 9, 2012

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The News Journal

Delaware's biannual display of political civility, the 200-year-old Return Day ritual, was back in Georgetown on Thursday, complete with politicians trading gossip about next moves, a surprise appearance from Vice President Joe Biden and ceremonial hatchet burials after Tuesday's election.

Gov. Jack Markell and Republican challenger Jeff Cragg rode atop a carriage together in a parade through Georgetown's Circle at the middle of town, with Lt. Gov. Matt Denn and Republican Sher Valenzuela also in tow.